We left Paris this morning at a fairly decent time
(knowing that we have a 10 hour drive day in front of us). I (as did most of
the bus) dozed until our first top in France. It’s still hard to get
comfortable on the bus, particularly when trying to sleep. We had a quick pee
break, grabbed some water and snacks, and we were off again!
This time we put on ‘Euro Trip’ to watch as we drove,
and we all had a good laugh.
For lunch it was another picnic stop on the side of
the road. This time, we learned how to do a ‘Topdeck Stop’ where we all pitch
in to help set up, organize food, and take down, with a quick meal in the
middle. We are in and out in about 45 minutes. Lunch was only simple (for
obvious reasons), with lots of salads, but it was still yummy!
We learned our ‘wake-up song’ today, which will stick
with us for the next 47ish days. “Everything is Awesome” from the Lego Movie.
Oh boy. Here we go… Another 2 months of waking up listening to the song that
reminds me of Jenn… Not to mention but the song isn’t actually that good… This
is either going to get very old, very quickly, or it’s going to somehow,
miraculously, become catchy…
We spent the time between lunch and Switzerland
introducing ourselves, where we were from, whether we were red (taken/not
interested), yellow (complicated/swayed) or green (open and willing) lights, if
we were a little person would we rather live in a washing machine or dish
washer, what we would do if we found a suitcase with 1 million Euros, what we
did/do at home, and a party trick we can do. (Hi, I’m Kim, I’m from Canada, I
am a trained Vet Tech/Vet Nurse, although chose to travel instead of find work,
I’m green (hell, what do I have to lose?), if I was a little person I’d rather
live in a dish washer – dirty laundry? EW!, if I found 1 million Euros I’d
donate some, save some, and travel!, and I guess we’ll just have to figure out
what my party trick will be! Bring it!)
We got stopped at the Swiss border. It was just a
random passport check, which you don’t think as being a big deal… We figured
we’d be in and out in a few minutes… but then it turned into wanting to have a
dog sniff our luggage… then into performing random x-ray checks, to including
our carry-ons in the random checks, to Hell. Let’s just x-ray ALL their bags… It
took a while… like over 1.5 hours to get through the 40ish people on the bus…
As we were waiting in the long long x-ray line, the other Topdeck bus who is
travelling the same route as us and left London with us pulled up, and quickly
left, all the while laughing at us… Karma will come. We all agreed that
watching the driver and tour guide dance about it, it was frustrating, but we
could have done the same in their position.
3:05am
We arrived at the campsite must to our surprise… we
still managed to arrive before the group that passed us at the border crossing,
and quickly settled in. Brittany, Megan and I decided to wander up the hill for
some drinks and to get some Swiss Francs and back to the Topdeck Site Tent before
dinner. Dinner in the tent was our first experience of Topdeck Site Tents… and
boy are we excited! Dinner was great – veggies, chicken, Rasti (shredded potato
and spice dishes) made by the Topdeck crew.
Afterwards, I showered and got into my pajamas for the
PJ and Moustache party tonight. I joined Jordan on getting a little tipsy on
Heineken, other beer, and the odd jäger shot before we got to the bar. Jude,
our bus driver, kept handing out test-tube shots all night, and got us all a
little more drunk quite effectively. I danced hard with Megan and Brittany or
Philip and Jordan and moved on. The bar closed at 1 am (although outside the
noise curfew being in the mountain valley is 10 pm due to noise travelling
elsewhere… so we were often in trouble from the security guys to quiet down or
get lost)… Some of our guys (namely Alex and Adam) decided they were going to
join us in the PJ part of the party, and borrowed some nightgowns from the
girls to wear to the party.
Roomies: Brittany, Megan and Hollie.
First Impressions of Switzerland:
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Love the fall-like crisp cool weather!
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Beautiful mountain views
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Expensive (compared to London and Paris at least)
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Reminds me of parts of home. <3
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